Sophie Bourdon started her career in advertising at the American agency DMB&B, Paris. She quickly joined the film industry working as a sales agent, among others at MK2 where she collaborated with established filmmakers such as Claude Chabrol, Michael Haneke, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Abbas Kiarostami.
Since then, Bourdon has been a film facilitator in the international film industry, building bridges and matching professionals across borders and continents, mostly involved in co-productions, festivals and training as Head of Industry & Training at the non-fiction festival Visions du Réel (CH), Head of Open Doors at Locarno Film Festival (CH) and Chief Executive of the European organization ACE Producers.